Ahmedabad: Chewing gum may be consumed for its sweet flavour, but since it is not an edible item, it cannot be classified as a sweet or sweetmeat and therefore does not qualify for the lower 4% VAT slab, Gujarat High Court has held. Ruling that chewing gum attracts VAT at 12.5%, the court allowed the…
bowel disease Concept of woman doctor holding and touching screen on smart phone. Chandigarh: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has introduced strict new rules to curb misleading medical advertisements, exaggerated claims and aggressive marketing by doctors and hospitals.Under the guidelines, doctors and medical institutions are prohibited from using “before-and-after” photographs of patients, surgical results or…
Congress’s Maharashtra in-charge Sirivella Prasad Pune: Congress has directed its Maharashtra unit to intensify agitations across every district in the state as part of its ongoing campaign demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) row.INDIA bloc members marched to Supreme Court on Monday, with several senior opposition…
Surat: The dispute between embroidery unit workers and unit owners continues to escalate, with neither side willing to concede ground. Around 50 workers staged a dharna near Mini Bazaar in Varachha after three embroidery units in Kapoor Wadi fired them amid demands for a paid weekly day off and eight-hour shifts.The workers said they were…
Guwahati: Researchers at IIT Guwahati, in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur, have developed a brain-inspired, light-sensitive device that consumes 500 times less energy for visual information processing, potentially improving the energy efficiency of image-processing applications.The device can detect visual information, store it and process it, mimicking the way the human brain responds to and remembers what…
Palanpur: The local crime branch (LCB) of Mehsana police detained two juveniles who were allegedly carrying an illegal country-made pistol and three live cartridges on Monday.LCB inspector A M Kamaliya and his team were on patrol when head constable Mahendra Kanjibhai received a tip-off that two persons were standing near a dargah with a pistol-like…
Jaipur: Residents in the city are questioning the door-to-door garbage collection system, citing irregular waste pickup and bills being issued for multiple months at once without a month-wise break-up. Though households are expected to pay a fixed monthly fee, many say they cannot verify how the charged amount is calculated.The RFID-based system operates in 10…
SRINAGAR: J&K Waqf Board has decided to constitute a core committee comprising imams and religious scholars to finalize common themes for sermons across mosques and shrines on Fridays and other religious occasions.Board chairperson Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi told TOI that the decision was taken at a meeting on Saturday following suggestions from imams and Islamic…
Former San Francisco Deputy Chief of Police Ann Mannix. A retired San Francisco police sergeant allegedly shot dead his estranged wife, a former deputy chief in the same department, and their daughter before dying by suicide at their home in California’s Marin County, according to media reports.Kevin Mannix, 68, is suspected of killing his wife,…
In ‘Annamalai’, Rajinikanth plays a milkman whose friendship with a wealthy businessman takes a bitter turn. After being betrayed by someone he once trusted, Annamalai sets out to rebuild his life, achieve success and confront his former friend. Directed by Suresh Krissna, the film balances friendship, ambition, pride and revenge. Rajinikanth’s portrayal of a man…
